new lease of life
English
Alternative forms
- new lease on life (later form, chiefly US)
Noun
new lease of life (plural new leases of life) (chiefly UK)
- An opportunity to live longer than was expected, due to some kind of reprieve.
- The heart transplant has given him a new lease of life.
- The facelift proposed for the old theatre may well give it a new lease of life.
- 1951 March, “Reconstruction of London Transport Rolling Stock”, in Railway Magazine, page 162:
- All electrical equipment is to be thoroughly overhauled and modernised to bring it into line with up-to-date practice and the body work renovated so that the cars will return to service with a new lease of life.
- 2022 September 21, Ben Jones, “IC225s: the Electras go gliding on”, in RAIL, number 966, page 38:
- A major mid-life overhaul and modification programme undertaken by GNER in the mid-2000s gave the IC225s a fresh lease of life, and now LNER and Eversholt Leasing are treating their remaining trains to a further facelift.
- (figuratively) An opportunity to an improved quality of life, due to some change in circumstances.
- The latest developments in drugs to treat patients with bipolar disorders have given many a new lease of life.
References
- “a new lease of life”, in Cambridge English Dictionary, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: Cambridge University Press, 1999–present.
- “a new lease of life” (UK) in Macmillan English Dictionary.
- “a new lease of life” in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English, Longman.
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